Grey v. United States

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

This action addresses the delivery of irrigation water resources to Native American Allottees residing on the Salt River Indian Reservation. Water resources of the Salt River Valley are controlled by the Salt River Project whose six reservoirs store water from the Salt and Verde Rivers. The stored water is then delivered to the reservation and to more than 1.5 million people living in the Phoenix Metropolitan area.

Plaintiffs are holders of fractional to full interests in various allotments of lands on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation. They…